OBIT: Robert A. CASSIDY, 1918, of interest in Blair County, PA

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ROBERT A. CASSIDY

  At his home in Canton, O., Robert A. Cassidy, well known by many Blair 
countians, died on Monday, August 12.  He was born December 20, 1889, and 
reared at Blairsville, and was married on December 24, 1860, to Miss Caroline 
M. Johnson, of Bellefonte.  He enlisted in 1862 as a musician in company H, 
148th regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was later transferred to the 
veteran reserve corps.  He was discharged at Elmira and went to Canton in 
1865.  Mr. Cassidy was a prominent figure in municipal affairs, having served 
a term as mayor, and also having been on the board of health, board of 
education, humane society and city council.  He was in the job printing 
business.
  Mr. Cassidy was a member of McKinley post, G.A.R., one of the oldest Masons 
in Canton, member of the Odd Fellows, and a charter member of the First 
Methodist Episcopal church.  He was also a teacher of one of the Sunday 
school classes in that church.
  He leaves six children - Wilbur, of Bellefonte, Pa.; Mrs. John Fasnaught, 
Margaret, Mrs. Leonard Betz, Mrs. L. Sober and Mrs. James A. Welker, all of 
Canton.

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, August 20, 1918, page 5